Most likely he will be subject to confiscation on the basis of having a 'criminal lifestyle' and that is quite likely to wipe him out financially.

Undoubtedly Mr Rose's relatively short sentence (in relation to the amount involved, the period of the offending and the breach of trust by a professionally qualified accountant) reflected his immediate admission of guilt.

I heard he was in ford open and is hard pressed as he has 23 of his fellow inmates returns still to complete before 31/1...Going rate is 15 woodbines per return, payment in advance. Of which he is now putting aside 3 woodbines to give to HMRC in the form of a penal tax....

If he's like my husbands former boss that's exactly what he did - issue the paperwork to the employees so they think everything is hunky dory but don't bother to submit to HMRC. This only came to light when the Conrtibutions Agency wrote asking if hubby wanted to make up the nissing years of contibutions, which for 10 years employment added to quite a substantial sum. Fortunately we had kept all of his P60's and these were accepted as evidence that the money had been deducted and his NI account was credited with the figures.